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Nordica Jah Love, Next Years Widest Ski?

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AALT
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Im just lookin and im seeing it at 140mm thats wider than any ski our this year and i think next

Mar 18 2008 6:19PM
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amo
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the Fat-ypus A-lotta also comes in at 140 underfoot
Mar 18 2008 6:23PM
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mmckechnie
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BFF's: 210mm underfoot
Mar 18 2008 6:24PM
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A-Style**
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claimmm
Mar 18 2008 6:31PM
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-Nick-
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ive seen pics of it and its ridiculous
Mar 18 2008 6:35PM
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bret
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saw a pair in person the other day. really wide, but no twintip... bunk!
Mar 18 2008 6:57PM
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lyndon
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No claim. Here they are.
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Mar 18 2008 6:59PM
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lyndon
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click the link to make it work.
Mar 18 2008 6:59PM
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AALT
Posts: 1775 - Karma: 60

O ya, but no twin tip :( wouldnt be fun..... how would u find a brake for that???

Mar 18 2008 7:38PM
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VTtreeskier
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Are they actually gonna sell BFFs? I thought they were a joke
Mar 18 2008 7:53PM
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Tucks
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^ yea they are selling them, you wouldn't use brakes, just leashes. all questions answered
Mar 18 2008 7:55PM
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wiegz44
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Mar 18 2008 7:57PM
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Dukeybrains
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You'd have to stand with your feet like 2.5 feet apart at all times.

Those skis are fucking ugly
Mar 18 2008 8:26PM
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Bugler
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oh shit.
Mar 18 2008 9:07PM
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-Nick-
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^^ ewwww so fucking ugly
Mar 18 2008 9:17PM
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grams.
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Yeah Jah Love's are pretty freakin huge. Bluehouse is coming out with a rockered ski thats 139 underfoot also.
Mar 18 2008 9:19PM
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BonersinmyassFTW
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haha damn I could have some fun on those BFFs

Jah Loves look a little more versatile though haha
Mar 19 2008 11:53PM
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sirskizalot
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the bff would be uncomfortable i think because u'd have to have your legs so wide apart
Mar 20 2008 12:00AM
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cobra_commander
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the bff's are just retarded. they are only out there so liberty can say they have the widest ski, they did not make them with the intention of actually making a good ski.
Mar 20 2008 12:57AM
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Celone
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id try the bffs out................on a fucking 8 foot minimum powder day
Mar 20 2008 1:32AM
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Reed.
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the bffs were made from old monoski templates
Mar 20 2008 1:36AM
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alaskakid
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I've seen the jah love's in person. They look better, and really wide..

Btw the Liberty BFFs are 200 underfoot, not 210. Not like it matters...
Mar 20 2008 1:56AM
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AptosFreeskier
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Could you imagine taking those into a shop to get mounted.

And you thought you got strange looks for asking center mounted.
Mar 20 2008 2:01AM
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abdanks
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those liberty skis look like snowblades
Mar 20 2008 6:13AM
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PacificRimJob
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The Moment Donner Parties are going to be 140 I believe.. reverse sidecut, rockered..
Mar 29 2008 7:31AM
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troublemaker3
Posts: 1954 - Karma: 225
they are skiblades, i dont know why peple are talking about them on here
Mar 29 2008 10:10AM
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.makuma.
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cuz theyre talking about how big teh underfoot is
Mar 29 2008 10:35AM
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troublemaker3
Posts: 1954 - Karma: 225
^ it doesnt matter how big the underfoot is on something with 1/3 the length

they should not be in the same coversation, nobody that is considering the jah love or fatty puss alotta or any fat ski is going to be interested in a skiblade
Mar 29 2008 12:26PM
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skier24
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yup..sz 186...135-140-130...The rocker design makes these incredibly maneuverable in shallow snow and buoyant in the deep. The continuous reverse sidecut allows for surf like turns and easy slashes.
Mar 29 2008 12:54PM
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Aenigma
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The Capital G-Funkenstein has been around for a while, it's 162 underfoot.
Mar 29 2008 3:15PM
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Aenigma
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Here's a good comparison:

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Mar 29 2008 3:19PM
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skiP.E.I.
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^wow. that thing is nuts. makes the other ski looks like a GS ski.
Mar 29 2008 9:09PM
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Sholte
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in case you where thinking of buying a pair i suggest you dont do it, because 1. they are to fat, no camber, and almost no sidecut. 2. they suck at everything except for straight lining powder. 3. they are redickulous.

but they are really fun to bomb of cliffs with. i rode a pair today, they are huge beyond imagine.
Mar 29 2008 9:16PM
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Aenigma
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Well this is new.  I've never heard of Spatulas being compared to GS skis before. 
Mar 29 2008 9:23PM
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troublemaker3
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there is always a first
Mar 29 2008 9:32PM
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nkimmes_40
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any more info on this ski?
Apr 2 2008 3:42PM
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grams.
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All I know of so far is this short video on there facebook gorup:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=23831197048&oid=4434140324

Not sure if the video will work if your not joined in that particular group though.
Apr 2 2008 3:56PM
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nkimmes_40
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wow   those look pretty nice   i hope they have another sale again so i can get a pair
Apr 2 2008 6:59PM
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carbon.pulse
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"If you skis are together and you feet arn't shoulder width apart, you need wider skis"
Apr 3 2008 3:11AM
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hollygrove
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n one fucking cares about liberty, therefore, the bffs dont count.
Apr 4 2008 7:10PM
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Daver_BC
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wow. wow. too fat
Apr 10 2008 1:11AM
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Caveman.
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holy shit those brakes are huge
Apr 10 2008 1:25AM
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jergriff
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JaH LOVES  are dope! haha i skied them last mother or so and they are super fun! really versitle... the traditional alpine ski kinda sucks but still the ski its self rocks!
Apr 10 2008 10:38AM
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wrenegade
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I had a chance to ski these this past weekend. They are pretty ridiculous (167/140/157). I've skied quite a few large skis (I own Thugs & ARGs, skied Prior Overlords, Hellbents, Pontoons, Faction Thirteens & 3.Zeros). The conditions were pretty much terrible for trying them (bulletproof ice, ONE run that had some softish snow) but I still wanted to try them. They were mounted with 14 DIN nordica bindings (Vist). First off, these should only be a soft snow ski. These things are so fucking wide you might as well not have edges, they barely work anyway. Steep icy moguls weren't too bad, but an icy groomer was pretty hair-raising. They do ski better than pontoons and ARGs though (but not hellbents) on that stuff. In the soft they were pretty good. I didn't notice the tips smacking each other and you could throw them around alright in the trees (fairly well-spaced though, tight trees probably not so much). They are built like a traditional ski and they ski kinda like a traditional ski. Just really wide. I think that something thinner with rocker would provide the same or better soft snow performance and be much easier everywhere else.

Also a note, if you do buy these skis, you MUST get metal bindings. I skied the Vists on Factions before and didn't really have a problem, but because these things are so damn wide when you are trying to edge them (especially in really hard snow) you put so much torque on the bindings you come right out of the toe on the downhill ski. I came out 4 times on an icy mogul field, when I only came out twice on the same run with pontoons and stupid biometric-toe markers.

Anyways, interesting ski, but I can definitely say that there is such a thing as too fat. And these are it.
Apr 21 2008 4:09PM
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Farquaharson
Posts: 1203 - Karma: 246
There's a french ski company that has a ski 186 underfoot and it's fucking massive

check it out--

http://global.skipass.com/gearguide/ski/2009/duret/monstre-fat-186-1.html
Jul 29 2008 7:59PM
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Farquaharson
Posts: 1203 - Karma: 246
my bad, they're acutally only 177, but still.....
Jul 29 2008 8:00PM
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grams.
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my ski of choice when ziplining steep mogul lines:

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Jul 29 2008 8:08PM
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Peter.
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all the pros will be riding those in the park at the xgames
Jul 29 2008 9:16PM
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Farquaharson
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^^ Oh fuck yeah haha

Jul 31 2008 7:54PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
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i want those. any1 kno if there good?
Jul 31 2008 10:26PM
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BULLSEMEN
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It looks like you had to glue down you heel piece or something. haha
Jul 31 2008 11:07PM
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